TIME CONSTRAINED ASSESSMENT

Skills for Computing

09 March 2021

Examination Paper
Answer ALL questions.

Clearly cross out surplus answers.

Time: 4 hours

The maximum mark for this paper is 50.

A formula sheet is provided at the end of the question paper.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Reference material is not permitted in this assessment.

Candidates are allowed to use a scientific calculator during this

examination.

Graph paper will be provided by the centre.

 Answer ALL questions

Question 1

The total of all sales in a shop to the nearest $50 for the days Monday to Saturday are
shown.

Day Sales ($)

Monday 300
Tuesday 250
Wednesday 400
Thursday 500
Friday 450
Saturday 600

a) Draw a bar chart to represent the data in the table. 6

b) Calculate the average amount taken over each day to 2dp. Show your working. 2

c) Calculate the percentage of week's sales that were taken on the Saturday. Show 2
your working.

Total 10 Marks

Question 2

a) Explain the difference between primary and secondary data. 2

b) Two errors that can occur when collecting and recording data are a rounding error
and a transfer error.

i) What is a rounding error? 1

ii) What is a transfer error? 1

iii) Describe one additional type of error. 2

c) Data about students marks in a test, produce a normal distribution.

i) Describe what is meant by a normal distribution using marks in a test as an 3

example.

ii) What would it mean if the marks gave a uniform distribution? 1

Total 10 Marks

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Question 3

The shop compares the amount taken over two weeks. The table shows the
results.

Day Week 1 Sales ($) Week 2 Sales ($)

Monday 300 150
Tuesday 250 200
Wednesday 400 450
Thursday 500 100
Friday 450 550
Saturday 600 720

a) Rank the results and calculate the Spearman rank correlation coefficient for this 8
data. Give your answer to two decimal places.

b) Comment on your result to part a) 2

Total 10 Marks

Question 4

The shop wants to expand to sell different products. The managers need to decide on
the products they want to introduce.

a) Describe right-brained thinking and how it can be used to help make this decision. 3

b) Describe left-brained thinking and how it can be used to help make this decision. 3

c) Explain how the following TASC cycle phases can be used by the managers to
help make this decision.

i) Gather / organise 2

ii) Evaluate 2

Total 10 marks

Question 5

a) Why is it important to engage in life-long learning? 1

b) A student produces a piece of research but does not include references.

i) Explain why the student needs to include references. Give THREE (3) points 3
for full marks.

ii) Describe what is meant by speed reading. 2

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c) Give an example of positive feedback and one example of constructive feedback 4
you have received about your studies and explain how you acted upon it. Both
examples need to be different.

Total 10 Marks

End of paper

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 Formula sheet

1. Percentage points of the normal distribution

1 1

-z z

1 15.87% 15% 5.00% 2.50% 2.28% 1.00% 0.50%

68.27% 70.00% 90.00% 95.00% 95.45% 98.00% 99.00%
z 1.0000 1.0364 1.6449 1.9600 2.0000 2.3263 2.5758

2. Formulae

Spearman’s Rank Correlation (with no ties)

6 ∑ 𝑑2
𝑟𝑠 = 1 −
𝑛(𝑛2 − 1)

The Pearson Correlation Function

𝑛 ∑ 𝑥𝑖 𝑦𝑖 − ∑ 𝑥𝑖 ∑ 𝑦𝑖
𝑅=𝑟=
√(𝑛 ∑ 𝑥𝑖2 − (∑ 𝑥𝑖 )2 )(𝑛 ∑ 𝑦𝑖2 − (∑ 𝑦𝑖 )2 )

Simple Linear Regression

𝑦̂ = 𝑚𝑥𝑖 + 𝑐 is the least SSE straight line where:

∑(𝑥𝑖 − 𝑥̅ )(𝑦𝑖 − 𝑦̅) 𝑛 ∑ 𝑥𝑖 𝑦𝑖 − ∑ 𝑥𝑖 ∑ 𝑦𝑖

𝑚= 𝑚=
∑(𝑥𝑖 − 𝑥̅ )2 𝑛 ∑ 𝑥𝑖2 − (∑ 𝑥𝑖 )2

𝑐 = 𝑦̅ − 𝑚𝑥̅

The Coefficient of Determination

2
∑(𝑦̂ − 𝑦̅)2
2
𝑅 =𝑟 =
∑(𝑦 − 𝑦̅)2

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